Swirling Skies and Melting Icebergs

The remote South Sandwich Islands can disrupt passing clouds in ways that shed alternating rows of cloud spirals.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Swirling Skies and Melting Icebergs.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 15, 2025
Data acquired February 24, 2025